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""A typical day on the 4 to 12 shift, as I am at present, so that the sheer agony of it may be placed on record for me to look back on, perhaps one day in the far distant future when this period may be seen like a nightmare and be mercifully semi-observed in oblivion so that I shall remember only the glory of my position as the first and only woman on the watch and holding the most responsible position of any woman in the Hut." October 12th 1942. "As Anne Segrave approached old age and infirmity, her daughter Elisa was faced with the daunting task of sorting through her mother's belongings. She was aware of several elements of Anne's past, but she was astonished to find evidence of an altogether different life when she uncovered a cache of wartime diaries. Now, on the pages before her, Segrave encountered a young woman who put the world of finishing schools and hunt balls behind her to embark on a journey that took her to Bletchley Park, Bomber Command and, eventually, a newly liberated Germany., ""A typical day on the 4 to 12 shift; as I am at present, so that the sheer agony of it may be placed on record for me to look back on. Perhaps one day in the far distant future when this period may be seen like a nightmare and be mercifully semi-observed in oblivion, I shall remember only the glory of my position as the first and only woman on the watch and holding the most responsible position of any woman in the Hut."" October 12th 1942. As Anne Segrave approached old age and infirmity, her daughter Elisa Seagrave was faced with the daunting task of sorting through her mother's belongings. She was aware of several elements of Anne's past, but she was astonished to find evidence of an altogether different life when she uncovered a cache of wartime diaries. Now, on the pages before her, Segrave encountered a young woman who put the world of finishing schools and hunt balls behind her to embark on a journey that took her to Bletchley Park, Bomber Command and, eventually, a newly liberated Germany., "A typical day on the 4 to 12 shift, as I am at present, so that the sheer agony of it may be placed on record for me to look back on, perhaps one day in the far distant future when this period may be seen like a nightmare and be mercifully semi-observed in oblivion so that I shall remember only the glory of my position as the first and only woman on the watch and holding the most responsible position of any woman in the Hut." October 12th 1942. As Anne Segrave approached old age and infirmity, her daughter Elisa was faced with the daunting task of sorting through her mother's belongings. She was aware of several elements of Anne's past, but she was astonished to find evidence of an altogether different life when she uncovered a cache of wartime diaries. Now, on the pages before her, Segrave encountered a young woman who put the world of finishing schools and hunt balls behind her to embark on a journey that took her to Bletchley Park, Bomber Command and, eventually, a newly liberated Germany., "A typical day on the 4 to 12 shift; as I am at present, so that the sheer agony of it may be placed on record for me to look back on. Perhaps one day in the far distant future when this period may be seen like a nightmare and be mercifully semi-observed in oblivion, I shall remember only the glory of my position as the first and only woman on the watch and holding the most responsible position of any woman in the Hut." October 12th 1942. As Anne Segrave approached old age and infirmity, her daughter Elisa Seagrave was faced with the daunting task of sorting through her mother's belongings. She was aware of several elements of Anne's past, but she was astonished to find evidence of an altogether different life when she uncovered a cache of wartime diaries. Now, on the pages before her, Segrave encountered a young woman who put the world of finishing schools and hunt balls behind her to embark on a journey that took her to Bletchley Park, Bomber Command and, eventually, a newly liberated Germany.

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